Hi Chris,

Thanks for the thought. I actually have plans to do something similar, but with a modern twist. I am a web developer and have bought a domain in the name of the dealership involved. My plan is getting a percentage of their potential new clients to visit my site first and hopefully be put off.

I like your thinking...if it drove...but it's dead as a dodo. :)

JAMIE....have you been watching to many American movies... . what about a good old series 2/3 landie with man size steel bumpers and use that to push the "plasic fantastic" into the showroom......

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there was a story years ago about a guy who had stickers applied all over his car with the list of faults then parked infront of the local dealer, the dealer tried to get him to move the car but he was parked outside there property boarder...just... so all legal.......got into the local rag, and the dealer backed down with all negative coverage he was getting....

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you can ask like a nice person...which sometimes works,,,then have to try other methods..

Edited by Paul G1pdc on 03/11/2011 at 14:19

Yes all consumer advice issues can be solved by Anne Robinson refusing to let a representative of any company finish a sentence.

Hi bonzo dog,

Sorry for the brevity - just a little weary of explaining it and I wasn't really looking for advice on the original problem - we had kind of given up on it. But I would be happy to hear some from anybody who wants to chip in.

The 'dealership are playing dumb' - the service manager says nobody at the dealership has any direct knowledge of the car or the repairs carried out on it. Despite the fact that he is the person we have dealt with the whole time and have a letter from him dated Feb 2010. Mazda UK initially related this info to us and then performed a U-turn when I said we had supporting documentation. The dealership is the Mazda dealership who sold the car from new, serviced it throughout it's life, sold it to me, repaired the fuel pump and the turbo, smashed the windscreen and managed to fry the EM system.

1. I don't think Mazda should be responsible for the windscreen - it was simply an indication that damage occurred whilst at the dealers and the dealers attitude during the process. The dealership have also removed a brand new tyre and replaced it with an old one - but I am not in a position to prove this.

2. Yes the car was 6 years old (actually 5 months out of warranty). But, I probably naively expected a car sold by them from new and serviced by them from new with very low mileage would somehow be a sound vehicle. Trading standards seem to think without proof at every stage I don't have a case.

3. Following the original fuel pump issue we had the car one week before the turbo blew. Following the repair of the turbo and after 20 months of trying to get our money back we got another local garage to get the car direct from the dealership to assess it for sale. The car never ran and following the EM problem discovered since is never going to. So the EM problem occurred whilst at the dealers.

Edited by seppo on 03/11/2011 at 18:12

I had a Mazda6 diesel Sport for 4 years (well a few weeks shy of that date) and it was a good car... anyway

>> We purchased a Mazda 6 TD2 in Apr 2009 (FSH, 56K, 2003 plate) for £5250

So to clarify you bought a Mazda6 diesel that was about six years old in 2009? Or maybe it was 5 years old...

>> We went through our credit card company and eventually the FSO - achieved nothing.

FSO? Was that the Polenez? Or the FSA (Financial Services Authority)?

>> Now 2 and a half years later we finally take the car back - supposedly fixed.

What! 2.5 years!

>> Mazda UK not interested and the dealership playing dumb.

Well you bought a car manufacturered in 2003 and expect Mazda to help? When there is no warranty?

Question is what help are you hoping for?